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Ammodiscella

Ammodiscidae

Taxonomy
Ammodiscella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tolypammininae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Ammodiscella Loeblich and Tappan
2002Ammodiscella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familyAmmodiscidaeReuss 1862
subfamilyTolypammininaeCushman 1928
genusAmmodiscella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2009-05-20 05:21:59
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:21:59
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chadian to the top of the Ladinian or 346.70000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) A. sp. (6915 6916 6917)
Middle Pennsylvanian - Late/Upper Pennsylvanian315.2 - 298.9Canada (Yukon) A. sp. (61573)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Spain (Cataluña) A. sp. (67648)